The Certified Automotive Penetration Testing Professional course provides advanced knowledge and practical methodologies for conducting authorized security assessments of modern automotive systems. You will develop a deeper understanding of vehicle architectures, ECUs, CAN bus, automotive communication networks, connected vehicle technologies, attack surfaces, and cybersecurity vulnerabilities. The course focuses on applying professional penetration-testing methodologies to identify security weaknesses, analyze potential attack paths, assess risks, and support effective remediation in controlled environments.
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COURSE OVERVIEW
A practical and hands-on curriculum designed to take you from the basics
to advanced
CAPTP concepts and real-world investigation skills.
Gain hands-on experience with industry-
relevant tools and techniques to become
confident in real-world
CAPTP investigations
Detailed examination of modern vehicle architectures, including the integration of Electronic Control Units (ECUs), sensors, actuators, and communication buses. Understand how these components work together within modern vehicle systems.
Explanation of different Electronic Control Units (ECUs) and their roles within vehicle systems.
Overview of vehicle communication protocols, their uses, vulnerabilities, and potential attack surfaces.
In-depth study of CANBUS message formats, communication modes, and error-handling mechanisms.
Detailed breakdown of CANBUS frame structures, including identifiers, data fields, and other components.
Introduction to tools and equipment used to analyze vehicle networks and CANBUS communications.
Techniques for passively monitoring CANBUS messages to understand traffic and identify potential attack vectors.
Methods for analyzing CANBUS communications to identify arbitration IDs and understand their corresponding events.
Study of instrument-cluster security weaknesses and how manipulated CANBUS traffic may affect displays and controls.
Understand replay attacks on CAN networks, their potential impact, and defensive measures.
Explore forged CAN messages, the security risks they create, and how validation can help reduce these risks.
Study denial-of-service attacks that can disrupt CAN network availability and vehicle operations.
Learn how fuzz testing can reveal protocol-handling flaws and vulnerabilities in controlled test environments.
Understand CAN bus-off conditions, how communication may be disrupted, and methods for detection and prevention.
Explore CAN error states and how manipulated error conditions can affect communication reliability.
Study how malformed or repeated CAN traffic may affect ECU responsiveness and system stability.
Learn about gateway security weaknesses and the importance of protecting communication between vehicle network segments.
Overview of Seed and Key security mechanisms used in vehicle ECUs and the weaknesses that authorized assessments may examine.
Learn about Unified Diagnostic Services (UDS) and its role in vehicle diagnostics, maintenance, and ECU communication.
Understand how supported UDS diagnostic services can be identified during authorized vehicle security assessments.
Study security risks associated with the UDS ECU Reset service and how diagnostic access should be protected.
Methods for identifying Dynamic Data Identifiers (DDIs) in UDS and understanding how access controls help prevent unauthorized data access or manipulation.
Understand why diagnostic services, ECU reset functions, and data identifiers require appropriate authorization and security controls.
Introduction to Bluetooth Classic and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and their applications in vehicle infotainment systems.
Active and passive reconnaissance using Host Controller Interface (HCI) tools to gather information about Bluetooth devices.
Study potential security weaknesses in Bluetooth RFCOMM communication channels and their impact on connected devices.
Understand L2CAP security and how testing can reveal weaknesses in Bluetooth communication implementations.
Enumeration of Generic Attribute (GATT) services exposed by Bluetooth-enabled vehicle devices.
Methods for capturing and analyzing GATT communications to understand device interactions and identify security concerns.
Understand risks associated with unauthorized reads and writes to GATT characteristics and how permissions protect device behavior.
Application of fuzz testing techniques to identify protocol-handling errors and vulnerabilities in GATT implementations.
Application of fuzz testing techniques to identify input-handling flaws and vulnerabilities in vehicle USB implementations.
Techniques for examining USB communications, understanding device-class risks, and identifying weaknesses in vehicle USB interfaces.
Overview of Media Oriented Systems Transport (MOST), a communication protocol used in automotive multimedia and infotainment systems.
Explore GPS security risks, including misleading positioning information, vehicle tracking concerns, and GPS spoofing. Learn about detection and mitigation approaches for protecting fleet operations.
Overview of key fobs and their role in vehicle access, remote locking, unlocking, and security.
Techniques for identifying and analyzing frequencies used by vehicle key fobs in an authorized test environment.
Methods for examining and analyzing key fob signals and transmitted data to understand communication behavior.
Understand how malformed inputs can be used in controlled testing to assess the robustness of key fob systems.
Understand radio-frequency interference risks affecting key fob reception and transmission, along with detection and mitigation methods.
Study encoding and cryptographic protections in key fobs and how security assessments identify weaknesses in their implementation.
Understand replay attack concepts, captured-signal risks, and how rolling codes and challenge-response mechanisms help prevent misuse.
Explore common key fob security weaknesses and defensive measures that help prevent unauthorized vehicle access.
Fundamentals of electronic components and circuits and their relevance to automotive systems.
Detailed explanation of common electronic components used in vehicle systems and their functions.
Techniques for examining printed circuit boards (PCBs) to identify components, understand connections, and analyze hardware architecture.
Overview of the Inter-Integrated Circuit (I2C) protocol and its applications in automotive systems.
Detailed explanation of I2C addressing, data transfer modes, signaling, and communication rules.
Techniques for interfacing with I2C devices and examining data exchange in automotive applications.
Methods for monitoring and analyzing real-time I2C communication between devices in vehicle systems.
Overview of the Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) protocol and its use in automotive electronics.
Detailed breakdown of SPI data transfer modes, clock signals, and communication rules.
Techniques for interfacing with SPI devices and examining data exchange in automotive systems.
Methods for capturing and analyzing real-time SPI communication between electronic components.
Overview of the Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter (UART) protocol and its role in vehicle communication.
Techniques for identifying UART interfaces in vehicle systems and understanding their common characteristics.
Automated methods and tools for detecting potential UART interfaces in automotive environments.
Manual techniques for locating and identifying UART interfaces on vehicle hardware.
Methods for using UART interfaces to debug and interact with vehicle ECUs and electronic systems in authorized test environments.
Understand why exposed debug interfaces need appropriate access controls to protect vehicle firmware, data, and system functionality.
Overview of Joint Test Action Group (JTAG) and Serial Wire Debug (SWD) interfaces in vehicle electronics.
Techniques for identifying and locating JTAG/SWD interfaces on vehicle hardware.
Automated tools and methods for detecting potential JTAG/SWD interfaces in automotive systems.
Manual techniques for locating and examining JTAG/SWD interfaces on vehicle electronics.
Methods for using JTAG/SWD interfaces to debug vehicle ECUs and examine memory and data access in authorized test environments.
Explore firmware extraction and memory inspection concepts, including the security implications of unauthorized debug access.
Understand how debug access controls help protect ECU firmware, sensitive data, and critical memory regions.
Methods for identifying firmware image formats, recognizing compression types, and examining firmware packages used in automotive ECUs and devices.
Techniques for analyzing firmware functionality, understanding its behavior, and identifying potential security weaknesses.
Simulation techniques for testing, analyzing, and validating vehicle firmware behavior in controlled environments.
Develop in-depth knowledge of vehicle architectures, ECUs, CAN bus, automotive networks, connected vehicles, and automotive cybersecurity challenges.
Learn structured approaches for reconnaissance, attack-surface identification, vulnerability assessment, and controlled security testing of automotive systems.
Develop skills in automotive network analysis, vulnerability identification, risk assessment, security validation, penetration testing, and professional security reporting.
Build professional expertise for careers in automotive penetration testing, vehicle cybersecurity, ECU security, CAN bus security, embedded security, vulnerability research, and automotive security consulting.
Whether you're just beginning or advancing your expertise, UnoAcademy provides the practical cybersecurity training, hands-on experience and expert guidance you need to succeed.
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